Clayton and I went to Gardner Village this week with our friends Amber, Marli, and Madison. We tried to take some pictures, but for you that know Clayton, know that he doesn't pose for pictures. Madison and Marli on the other hand do. They are so cute together! I love the one of them from behind with Marli's shirt flipping up.
Clayton's friend Nadia turned 3 last week and had a party at Liberty Park. We had a BBQ, and had cake and ice cream. The two of them were so cute together. They pretty much just wanted to examine the tree and run around. It got a little chilly, and we had to go to Casey's party that night so we left early, but they had so much fun together.
Clayton's cousin Casey had his birthday party last week, and we had so much fun. He had the reptile guy come and he brought tons of snakes, spiders, and a turtle. The first picture is of Casey holding three snakes. The second is of Casey and my mom holding two. My mom couldn't get enough of the snakes. Her birthday is at the end of the month, and she actually requested a reptile party. The third picture is of Olivia looking tough with the snake. It seriously was such a fun party. Clayton wasn't so much into it though. He sat in Casey's room and watched his his shows.
This week we are starting the process of getting our basement finished, and it has been very loud downstairs. I didn't know how I was going to be able to get Clayton down for naps in the next 8 weeks, but I was very surprised when I put him on the couch to watch TV while I caught up on my reality shows, and came out 2 minutes later and he was sound asleep. I can't even tell you how loud it is here. They have their music on, and with the sawing and nailing, it is SOOO loud. Yeah, I am feeling confident I will be able to get him down still in the afternoons. Plus, it's hard to tire him out because the gate is open for the guys to carry things to the basement, so we haven't been able to go out and play.
I am SOOO not a nature or bird person but today Clayton and I were outside playing and saw what I think is a hawk flying around our backyard. This is the only picture that came out clear and I don't know if you will be able to see it, but still, kinda cool. Jared would probably tell me it's a duck. I got a picture of a fox last year and he said it was a cat until I proved him wrong and he saw one himself.
Today didn't start off too good. While I was in the shower, Clayton decided it would be fun to take Coconut's food (Coco is the cat) and mix it in with her water, and pour it all over my brand new quilt on my bed. He specifically laid out the throw pillows perfectly and dumped it all over the pillows. It was like it was in slow motion. I could see he was up to something, but didn't know the extent of what he was doing. Needless to say, he had a very long time out in his bedroom. So I decided it would be time to go outside and tire him out so while he napped I could get to work on cleaning my quilt and all he wanted to do was to swing. So we sat in the swing for a good 30 minutes watching the planes (he loves to watch the planes fly over our house) and one second he was talking about the planes and the next second he was sound asleep. I actually got him out of the swing and into his bed without him waking up which is a huge accomplishment. It turned into a really good day. He hasn't napped for me for weeks, so this is seriously the best day ever!!!
Now that it's getting warmer Clayton and I have finally been able to go out and play in the backyard, but here are a couple of pictures we took when it was cold outside and we were stuck inside. The picture of Clayton on the chair is my wonderful fort I worked so hard on. I know, very creative.
Jared had to work in New York last week, so my friend Amber and I tagged along and hung out in the city while Jared worked. I don't have any pictures of me and Amber (sorry Amber) so here is one of me at The Top of the Rock.
Clayton and his friend Will went to the zoo last week, but this is the only picture that came out. ( Sara, if you took pics, send them my way). Ummm, that's all for this post. Short and sweet!
